America

WASINGTON (Web Desk) The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has accused US police of spying on thousands of social media posts of Muslims and African Americans in Boston.The ACLU of Massachusetts said on Wednesday that the Boston Police Department used an online surveillance system, called Geofeedia, from 2014 to 2016 …

WASHINGTON (Web Desk) Republican and Democratic senators on Tuesday questioned whether President Donald Trump’s strategy in Afghanistan will bring an end to the nation’s longest war, which U.S. officials estimated will cost taxpayers more than $45 billion this year.In their first hearing on the war since the Republican president unveiled …

WASHINGTON (Web Desk) U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered Pentagon and White House officials to begin planning a military parade in Washington similar to the Bastille Day parade he witnessed in Paris in July, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.At a meeting at the Pentagon on Jan. 18 that included …

WASHINGTON (Web Desk) US bombers have struck multiple Taliban targets in a new air offensive over the past four days in far northeastern Afghanistan near the China and Tajikistan borders, the Southern Command said Tuesday.The strikes hit Taliban training facilities in Badakhshan province, preventing the planning and rehearsal of terrorist …

WASHINGTON (Web Desk) The US-Pakistan relationship appears to have survived yet another near-fatal blow as Washington reaffirmed that it had no desire to sever ties with Pakistan or launch military strikes inside its territory.The assurance about maintaining the bilateral relationship came from Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, who delivered …

NEW YORK (Web Desk) United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has emphasized that the so-called two-state solution is the sole way out of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning that the “negative trends” unfolding in the region could endanger the bid.There is no Plan B. A two-state solution is the …

WASHINGTON (Web Desk) The new US nuclear strategy released this weekend calls for developing a ground-launched, intermediate-range cruise missile to counter a similar Russian weapon, US officials said.The deployment of these weapons violates the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) between Moscow and Washington, which calls for the elimination …

WASHINGTON (Web Desk) King Abdullah II of Jordan has that the United States remains essential to any hope of a peaceful solution between Israel and the Palestinians, despite widespread criticism of the new US stance on Jerusalem.We cannot have a peace process or a peace solution without the role of …

WASHINGTON (Web Desk) The US military wants to revamp its nuclear arsenal and develop new low-yield atomic weapons, largely in response to Russian actions in recent years, the Pentagon said in a policy statement released Friday.The so-called Nuclear Posture Review outlines the Pentagon’s nuclear ambitions under President Donald Trump and …

WASHINGTON (Web Desk)-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson insisted Friday the US and Mexico are bolstering cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking, brushing aside concerns about the impact of his boss Donald Trump’s anti-Mexican barbs.The US-Mexican relationship has been strained by Trump’s attacks on Mexican immigrants and the North American …